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2 sobre Oscar Oiwa A temática presente nas pinturas de Oscar Oiwa não surge sem propósito, mas sim de uma infinidade de associações que podem ou não ter relação com fatos reais. Trabalhando essencialmente com tinta a óleo, o artista cria um mundo vívido e complexo repleto de acontecimentos surreais e imagens concebidas em sua mente. Seus novos trabalhos são frequentemente continuações de trabalhos antigos, e seus temas surgem de associações entre fatos diversos. A obra de Oiwa é diretamente derivada de suas experiências itinerantes: nascido no Brasil de pais japoneses, o artista oriundo de São Paulo se mudou para Tóquio, em pleno estouro da crise econômica; em seguida para Londres, onde permaneceu por um ano; e finalmente, em 2002, ao receber a Guggenheim Fellowship, se mudou para Nova York, onde atualmente vive e trabalha. Explorando o hibridismo entre tecnologia e natureza, o artista evoca a tradição do folclore para dar vida à relação entre o orgânico e o mecânico. Instigado pela ideia de colapso, de mundos à beira da destruição, seja por fatores internos ou externos, suas pinturas são exercícios do surreal, do sublime e, paradoxalmente, do mundano. Oiwa se inspira em fatos atuais, sendo considerado um dos artistas que melhor representa os impactos da globalização. Com considerável destreza técnica, o artista pinta imagens de ruínas para produzir paisagens com tinta a óleo em grandes painéis de múltiplas telas. Seu estilo representativo é casual, e mostra influências de arte japonesa. about Oscar Oiwa The ideas and themes present in the paintings of Oscar Oiwa do not come from thin air, they are drawn from a multitude of associations that may or may not stem from actual events. Working primarily with oil based media, the artist creates a vivid and complex world filled with unreal occurrences and images developed within the mind. New works are often continuations of old works and themes spring from the association of different facts. The works of Oiwa are directly derivative of the artist s peripatetic experiences. Born in Brazil to Japanese parents, the artist is a native of São Paulo but moved to Tokyo, arriving just as the bubble economy burst, then London, where he spent a year, and finally, in 2002, recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, relocated to New York where he currently lives and works. Exploring the hybridity of technology and nature, he evokes the tradition of folklore to give voice to the kinship between what is organic and what is mechanical. Heavily interested in the idea of collapse, of worlds at brink of destruction, either by an interior entropy or an outside force, his paintings are exercises of surrealist thought, the sublime, and, paradoxically, of the mundane. He draws inspiration for his works from current events and is deemed as one of the most accomplished artists to record the impact of globalization. With considerable technical expertise, Oiwa paints images of ruins to produce large multi-paneled oil paintings of landscapes. His representational style is casual and shows influences from Japanese art. Oscar Oiwa nasceu em São Paulo (1965). Vive e trabalha em Nova York. Em 1995, recebeu o prêmio de residência artística do Delfina Studio Trust, em Londres, assim como prêmios de instituições como Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Asian Cultural Council e John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Seus trabalhos foram exibidos em São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Tóquio, Nova York, Pequim, Hong Kong, Paris, Barcelona, entre outras localidades. Em 1989, participou da 21ª Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo (1991). Suas obras fazem parte de importantes coleções públicas, como a do National Museum of Modern Art, Tóquio; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tóquio; Phoenix Art Museum; e Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Oscar Oiwa was born in 1965 in São Paulo, Brazil. He lives and works in New York City. He received artist in residence award from The Delfina Studio Trust, London in 1995; in addition to grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Asian Cultural Council and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He has showed his works in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, Barcelona, among other places. In 1989, he participated of the 21st International São Paulo Biennial (1991). His works are housed in public institutions such as The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Phoenix Art Museum; and Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

3 Chalana óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 227 cm

4 Chalana (Small) 2012 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 91.5cm coleção particular/private collection Tokyo Green River 2007 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 333 cm coleção particular/private collection Dubai

5 Five nests óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 555 cm

6 Flower Garden óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 555 cm -- coleção/collection Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

7 Gardening (Way to Peace) óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 444 cm -- coleção/collection The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

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10 LIC studio óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 273 cm

11 Gardening (Manhattan) óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 333 cm -- coleção/collection The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

12 Storm óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 444 cm -- coleção/collection Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo

13 Divina Commedia 2005 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 444 cm White Os(Car) óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 444 cm

14 Asian Dragon óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 546 cm -- coleção/collection Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

15 Rainbow óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 555 cm -- coleção/collection Takamatsu City Museum Collection, Kagawa

16 Flower acrílica sobre madeira/acrylic on plywood x 364 cm -- coleção/collection Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

17 the urban gaze of oscar oiwa angelo bucci During the celebrations of the Chinese New Year 2009 a renowned and yet unfinished skyscraper was ablaze in Beijing. In São Paulo, images of the major fire were broadcast live on television. The impact of that episode brought to mind the scene in City from the Future that Oscar Oiwa had painted on canvas the previous year, at his New York studio. In this painting, the same building CCTU Complex is featured as an intact edifice, built to conclusion, and definitely an integral element of the Beijing cityscape. City from the Future reveals some features of Oiwa s work by delivering news with the minutiae of a cartoon, heralding urgencies with the dimensions of graffiti, building landscapes out of fragments like a mosaic and, at the same time, extracting such fragments from the urban context in collage-like manner. On the other hand, this canvas is not restricted to anything; it reaches Dog=10m Air³ by Day técnica mista/mixed media 500 x 250 x 250 cm -- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

18 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 444 cm -- coleção/collection Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

19 U.N. Meat Market 2005 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 333 cm coleção particular/private collection Seoul Meat Market (Eating) 2005 óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 333 cm

20 Ghosts óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 555 cm

21 Five Boats óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 391 cm -- coleção/collection Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata Floating Island óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 178 cm

22 Waves óleo sobre tela/oil on canvas x 333 cm

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24 Oscar Oiwa é representado pela Galeria Nara Roesler. Para mais informações, textos, currículo, por favor contacte Oscar Oiwa is represented by Galeria Nara Roesler For more information, essays, full cv, please contact the gallery at